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Michael Erlewine

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Line of Sight
« on: October 20, 2016, 14:37:10 »
Nikon D810, Zeiss Otus 28mm APO
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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 18:10:11 »
Michael -  I love this one. Well captured. Such nice tones in my opinion
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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 18:35:45 »
Yes, agreed. I love it that you did not try to "brighten" the tones here. It is always difficult for me to leave subtle tones alone as I should.

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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 18:58:49 »
Yes, agreed. I love it that you did not try to "brighten" the tones here. It is always difficult for me to leave subtle tones alone as I should.
I plead guilty too  - you are right.
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Michael Erlewine

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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 19:39:32 »
This shot taken just after dawn, so it was actually quite dark yet, with no sunlight and lots of fog.
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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 20:49:18 »
Sharp details and a multiplicity of soft tones - "prima disegnare, poi dipingere" would say some Italian painter from the Renaissance.
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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2016, 10:11:18 »
Michael> Theoretically, if you were using another 28 focal....say Nikon 28D or 28G or Elmarit R 28 VII. Would get have gotten the same shot or better or worse.

It is the eternal question of the photographer or the gear.

BTW. Very nice image.

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Re: Line of Sight
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2016, 11:24:03 »
nobody attributed a specific feature of the pic to any specific feature of camera or lens. At that scale (with resampling), it might be difficult anyway. On the wall, it may be a different story.

BTW my most enjoyed fifties are the Zeiss Milvus 50/2, and the 50/2 and the 50/1.2 Nikkors. Correlation with chart or brickwall shooting results ? zilch.
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